First of all, and a reaaly nice tip look for the talk from Vlambeer about the art of screenshake it will help you with your game and to telegraph dmg, projektiles and hitboxes better 2. most important thing... EVEN AMAZON AND NEW WORLD LEARNED THAT - don´t permadeath the player and make them lose progress -> i know it is a style and you are proud of it, but i think the game looks like a good start. You and i want more player.... and everybody knows that "punish a player" is the best way to make them q...

Add some, please! ^-^